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caller: i go to texas a&m university. i have a comment whether there is a relationship between student loans and graduation. when you are a professor, you're the one who benefits from the availability of student loans. allows more students to attend the university. there would be an availability of liquid cash that comes to the university. providing student loans to everyone and raising tuition, special private universities, there is another side to having student loans available. you raise the price of tuition across the board. >> how far along are you in your education at a&m? >> junior year this fall. >> good luck to you. we go to alabama. go ahead. republican line. caller: yes. thank you for taking my call. i should mention that it seems to me like the only reason to most people have an incentive to go to a school is for -- i'm glad he mentioned the ivy leagues. there's a lot of social and future business partners through that type of school. someone else commented that that is what he was looking for. >> he was looki
caller: i go to texas a&m university. i have a comment whether there is a relationship between student loans and graduation. when you are a professor, you're the one who benefits from the availability of student loans. allows more students to attend the university. there would be an availability of liquid cash that comes to the university. providing student loans to everyone and raising tuition, special private universities, there is another side to having student loans available. you raise...
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i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue in a certain tradition. i said i hope it is. anyway we talk a lot about stimac jobs in the book because they are the jobs it seems are very much worth it that they're the course of study at least at the present is quite worth it. we based some of the conclusions we came up with in the book on the return on investment findings in the pay scale from the year 2012 to 2013 numbers that are out to math. this has shown that this pattern continues. the top 10 institutions in terms of giving you a return on investment are all technical institutions
i return to the university of texas -- texas. i went to the jobs bulletin board and the only thing was that there was a notice about minimum wage and what you are entitled to. it didn't look so promising out there. i saw a student walked by and he could tell he was a philosophy student because i know what they look like. i was one once. i said how are you doing? i got my ph.d. here. he said how is that working out for you? i said fine, i have a radio show. he said that's good. that's dialogue...
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he was comparing jobs in california and texas. we will go to texas next. john, on our independence line, good evening. caller: i agree. the more immigrants we let in, they will go back to where they came from, not learned english, mexico, guatemala, wherever they came from, what is the point? they are taking jobs away from americans. wages do not go up. the wages down here have been low for years. because, there are many illegals in the area. that is -- what is the answer? i do not know. in order to deport them, you take them right to mexico, they are back. some of them are hard workers. how do you decide who is tuesday and who is to go? >> thanks for your call. more of your calls coming up as we look at the issue of immigration and the economy. we had a chance to do these town halls because congress is in recess until early september. we are keeping an eye. here is a tree from the representative of texas, talking about a town hall he is holding tonight. in denton starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. another one here -- if you want to participate in the discussi
he was comparing jobs in california and texas. we will go to texas next. john, on our independence line, good evening. caller: i agree. the more immigrants we let in, they will go back to where they came from, not learned english, mexico, guatemala, wherever they came from, what is the point? they are taking jobs away from americans. wages do not go up. the wages down here have been low for years. because, there are many illegals in the area. that is -- what is the answer? i do not know. in...
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alltor cruz from texas these fig leaf vote for people have cover when they go home so people will not see them absolutely naked. the truth is about this congress , for 18 years this committee weird 16 ofctioning those years under the republicans. taken a vote and his committee on the republicans on comprehensive reform. their talk, nothing has ever been tabled in this committee. now we table the billionaire and we pass it -- we table the bill here and we passed it out under speaker pelosi and they have been trying desperately for five years now to destroy it. and the question before us -- whether the irs is ready and able to collect your name, your family size, and income data to be used in the federal exchange help. not health status. anything not have about anybody's ingrown toenails in this report. drug is no prescription history the irs is going to have. or the healthcare providers name. just the data they collect on their average database of putting on the tax system in this country. name, how much you make, how many people in your family. as far as cms goes, they are ready. exch
alltor cruz from texas these fig leaf vote for people have cover when they go home so people will not see them absolutely naked. the truth is about this congress , for 18 years this committee weird 16 ofctioning those years under the republicans. taken a vote and his committee on the republicans on comprehensive reform. their talk, nothing has ever been tabled in this committee. now we table the billionaire and we pass it -- we table the bill here and we passed it out under speaker pelosi and...
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the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon and how we in conjunction with our partners in the hospital preparedness program were able to get the community ready for that bombing and other such events. i could go along with c ante and influenza. but just examples that this isn't abstract. this is what is going on in your communities every day to make sure that you are protected from public health threats. this is to give you a reality of the situation of what happened to the public health funding within your state and local health departments over the last decade. and going off of your comment, i would like to have platinum lev
the west nile outbreak we were very fortunate to be able to help our colleagues in texas. i think last year there were about five or 6,000 cases of west nile. about one-third of them actually occurred -- anybody from dallas? no takers. lucky for you. about one-third of the cases occurred in dallas. we were able to use the public health preparedness resources to help them with mosquito spray in the basement efforts. so an example there, same thing you've already heard about the boston marathon...
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in texas, it is about $1 billion to $2 billion per year if you can move naturalization rates up. it is money we are leaving on the floor. >> you take half of the 8.5 million that could naturalize, you get up to $45 billion, over what amount of time? >> over 10 years. one of the things you need to realize is -- by the way if there are anybody who got naturalized this morning, don't ask for 11% tomorrow. that gain happens over time. five to six years to get the initial boost. it probably peaks at eight to 10 years. what we know is that what we do now is assimilate over time. this is an incredibly important thing. we who have been working with immigrants need to do more to encourage naturalization. we need to be thinking what stands in the way. >> we are coming back to that. you are the executive director of the national immigration forum, leading the new bethlehem project to help people become citizens. talk where manuel was going. what are the obstacles? why is this a hard process and what is getting in the way? >> first of all, i want to thank the institute for putting on this ev
in texas, it is about $1 billion to $2 billion per year if you can move naturalization rates up. it is money we are leaving on the floor. >> you take half of the 8.5 million that could naturalize, you get up to $45 billion, over what amount of time? >> over 10 years. one of the things you need to realize is -- by the way if there are anybody who got naturalized this morning, don't ask for 11% tomorrow. that gain happens over time. five to six years to get the initial boost. it...
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to texas, which previously no one believed or longed to texas. texas.nged to and most importantly, created the fugitive slave law of 1860. it is an outrageously unfair law in which alleged fugitive slaves are not even allowed to testify at hearings on their own behalf. if a free black is used in new york, the man cannot say no, you it createdrong person. draconian punishments for anyone who interfered. fillmore pushes the fugitive slave law, sit, almost-- signs it almost immediately after it is passed by congress, and very aggressively enforces it anywhere he can. >> how did the compromise of 1850 work into the timelines of abigail fillmore? do we know about her position on slavery and how it might have complemented or been different from her husband?>> i do not. >> what is odd about millard and abigail is that they come from a part of new york known as the burned over district. of is said that the fires revivalism burned over so often, it was the most antislavery part of the united states. it was the center of the anti- slavery movement.just sou
to texas, which previously no one believed or longed to texas. texas.nged to and most importantly, created the fugitive slave law of 1860. it is an outrageously unfair law in which alleged fugitive slaves are not even allowed to testify at hearings on their own behalf. if a free black is used in new york, the man cannot say no, you it createdrong person. draconian punishments for anyone who interfered. fillmore pushes the fugitive slave law, sit, almost-- signs it almost immediately after it is...
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that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is a little bit off subject, but i have been independent since ross perot ran for president. i would like to know, why, and how do we change it, that the independents can vote in the primaries? i have not been able to vote in the primaries for a long time. i do not think our representatives can do this all by themselves. i believe the american citizens have to get more involved. if the representatives go back to the basics and give the american people what they are asking for, we can do leaps and bounds in the 21st century. that is all i have to say. >> than
that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is...
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as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn
as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've...
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they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena, whose mayor indicated, before the unconstitutional ruling, that he had a plan. he didn't like single-member districts which give access to many of emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to the at-large. the said now i can do it, because there is no permission i need get. there are many things, "stand your ground" laws, and an article in the edmund paper in oklahoma said the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. i have a bill that wants to review the "stand your ground" law. i believe we can engauge. i believe there are good people, al
they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of...
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mike's in fort worth, texas. hi, mike. >> caller: how's it going, larry? my -- pretty good. i'm a african-american democrat, but i agree with you one of the big problems in the african-american community is lack of fathers in the house. but i think, larry, when you say that, you kind of come off kind of harsh on black people. now, what's the reason behind the lack of a lot of fathers being in the house, drinking or in prison? well, back -- this is my belief. back in the '30s and '40s black people were lawyers, they had their own businesses like your father had that restaurant. today had, they were dentists -- they had, they were dentists, we had a lot of grocery stores because there was segregation, and we couldn't go to white places, so we had to become plumbers, our dentists, doctors and physicians. well, for the last 56 years there hasn't been, there hasn't been -- black youngsters haven't seen, haven't been able to go to the black dentist say like in the '30s or '40s or to a grocery store that's owned by black people or to a black doctor's office. you get my point, what
mike's in fort worth, texas. hi, mike. >> caller: how's it going, larry? my -- pretty good. i'm a african-american democrat, but i agree with you one of the big problems in the african-american community is lack of fathers in the house. but i think, larry, when you say that, you kind of come off kind of harsh on black people. now, what's the reason behind the lack of a lot of fathers being in the house, drinking or in prison? well, back -- this is my belief. back in the '30s and '40s...
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jackson lee of texas. the chair: purr sinet to the rule, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentlewoman is recognized. the manager in opposition will have the right to close. the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. s. jackson lee: let me thank my colleagues whenever they engage in debate, i know they have a serious commitment to the process of this house and this nation. i rise today to offer an amendment and i hope that it addresses the chairman's offer of legislative collegiality. if this is such an important effort then i believe that the amendments that have been offered by my colleagues and the one i introduced as we speak is one that makes this bill reasonable. my amendment would except from the bill's congressional approval requirement any rull promulgated by the department of homeland security. organized and established in the backdrop of the heinous and tragic terrorist act of 9/11. n fact, i can't imagine this legislation being effective in the midst of tragedy and devastation. i don't thi
jackson lee of texas. the chair: purr sinet to the rule, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the gentlewoman is recognized. the manager in opposition will have the right to close. the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. s. jackson lee: let me thank my colleagues whenever they engage in debate, i know they have a serious commitment to the process of this house and this nation. i rise today to offer an amendment and i hope that...
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the civil rights community in texas has worked with the tea party in texas. texas now has passed so many that will downsize that state prison system that they are planning to shut down the first prison ever. [applause] and there is a woman who if she was here would remind us we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests. and i knew today to say that the civil-rights community of the day is focused on our permanent interest. we are winning the victory in the democratic dominated states and we are winning victory in republican dominated states and we remember what surely taught us and we intend to stand here is a movement 50 years from now having to talk frankly less about the continuation on the old battles that have been handed down to us from people that are no longer with us and more about commemoration there is 50 years after the i have a dream speech. let's remember that we are leading and we are winning. and in those places it seems darkest right now and hardest right now, we have one there before and again.
the civil rights community in texas has worked with the tea party in texas. texas now has passed so many that will downsize that state prison system that they are planning to shut down the first prison ever. [applause] and there is a woman who if she was here would remind us we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests. and i knew today to say that the civil-rights community of the day is focused on our permanent interest. we are winning the...
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do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry you can develop an south of the places that want to buy a product and the places i want to let their hikers died in the mountains, they will die in the mountains until it's time for them to realize maybe there legislation is a bit overprotective and then you start selling to them when they change there legislation. if you have a one size fits all privacy bill at the federal level, i don't think you will like the results especially when we take look at the types of bills that are working their way through the congress right now. the b
do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry...
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ted cruz, the senator from texas is today talking about his citizenship. here is the headline in politico. ted cruz discovers and rejects his canadian citizenship. they write that one day after ted cruz released his birth certificate showing he was born in canada, he said he would renounce his canadian citizenship. it shows his place of birth is calgary, alberta to an american mother, a fact which conferred upon him american citizenship. canadian officials say it also conferred canadian citizenship. senator cruz became a u.s. citizen at birth and never had to go through naturalization after birth to become a u.s. citizen. one more state issue, this is a report from the washington times about the goings. the headline, rural coloradans to vote on breaking away as the 51st state. richardson of the washington times says, you have north carolina, north dakota, why not northern colorado? voters in several counties will be asked whether they want to form a new state, tentatively named northern colorado. a reaction to democratic controlled legislator. let's get ba
ted cruz, the senator from texas is today talking about his citizenship. here is the headline in politico. ted cruz discovers and rejects his canadian citizenship. they write that one day after ted cruz released his birth certificate showing he was born in canada, he said he would renounce his canadian citizenship. it shows his place of birth is calgary, alberta to an american mother, a fact which conferred upon him american citizenship. canadian officials say it also conferred canadian...
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mitchell never forgot his hometown of galveston, texas. e had a vision and saw the -- and n strand celebration larger than new orleans. george mitchell was a visionary who tapped into american exceptionalism and left a lasting mark on texas, america and the world. george mitchell gave my kids and every kid in america a very of ial gift, the gift freedom that comes from knowing e nation cannot hurt our economy by taking away the oil and gas we need. . saw this firsthand in 1979 shahye tolla overthrew the of iran and came here to united states for treatment of cancer. the world was not happy that we when ah come to america opec took away oil. i was 16 years old when that happened. i just got my driver's license. y job was to drive our chevy gas rado down to the station, odor even and fill the truck with the maximum of 20 gallons of gasoline. the price doubled overnight. because of george mitchell, american children will never have to go through that again if we can follow his dream of developing shale plates all across this great nation. geo
mitchell never forgot his hometown of galveston, texas. e had a vision and saw the -- and n strand celebration larger than new orleans. george mitchell was a visionary who tapped into american exceptionalism and left a lasting mark on texas, america and the world. george mitchell gave my kids and every kid in america a very of ial gift, the gift freedom that comes from knowing e nation cannot hurt our economy by taking away the oil and gas we need. . saw this firsthand in 1979 shahye tolla...
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probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. again, we thank you for that. next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporter's reporter. about how he likes we like to describe. he is a third-generation newsman. down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. he gives us a graphic perspective and he has background in graphic design and journalism. both were rollcall and for the hill. we have experienced much of the industry. those are our panelists. we are very happy to have all of them here. , i am not going to make any kind of presentation. but we would just like to throw out some questions, to jump and come an analyst at jumping in with each other and we will talk about whatever you want to talk about. i would like to ask the panelist to talk about how you do things differently so how is this effective in communicating politics? >> i would like to say that we threw out the mold in terms of stories when we created politifact. we thought that the inverted term and
probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. again, we thank you for that. next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporter's reporter. about how he likes we like to describe. he is a third-generation newsman. down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. he gives us a graphic perspective and he has background in graphic design and journalism. both were rollcall and...
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we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do not just winning but winning that primary by 14 points in winning the general by 16 points. [applause] >> that was a testament to the grassroots. it was a testament to the power of men and women across the state with a passion to turn our country around. and i'll tell you, i don't think i have ever been a part of anything in my life that was more humbling and inspiring. tell you a true story from the campaign true. i was up in lubbock, texas, during the runoff. and an older gentleman came up to me, someone i didn't know, and he put his han
we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do...
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texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was over doing a one minute and i got a text from a constituent who has my cell phone number, most do, telling me her objections to obama care and the affordable care act. so this is real and it's real for our constituents. and i just want to make sure that you hear that side of it. it's not all washington speak. we're communicating what our constituents are telling us and they are scared and they are concerned. thank y'all for coming up. appreciate your time. >> mr. shock. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you gentleman for your patience and cooperation with our questions. let me start at the 30,000 foot level. y
texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was over doing a one minute and i got a text from a...
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the largest cut under sequestration and their enrollment in california and texas of over 70 percent of the children :. high quality in early childhood education programs on one of the best tools we have to ensure that children have been a close -- eight the shot at being free. recently one of our panelists today, recently put out some to nicole for reset in the debate $1 trillion in deficit reduction. because of lower cost, sequestration. we also pointed up, stifling economic growth. we challenged under to take these facts and evidence and to shift the debate from cuts into investments in a future. there's no better place for us to invest in our young children. in that paper we do call upon congress to make substantial investments in the religion of the education. the evidence for these investments we believe for an average charge of it is not receive a high-quality education is 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 40 percent more likely to become a teen parent, 50 percent more likely be placed in special education, 60 percent more likely never to attend college, and 70 percen
the largest cut under sequestration and their enrollment in california and texas of over 70 percent of the children :. high quality in early childhood education programs on one of the best tools we have to ensure that children have been a close -- eight the shot at being free. recently one of our panelists today, recently put out some to nicole for reset in the debate $1 trillion in deficit reduction. because of lower cost, sequestration. we also pointed up, stifling economic growth. we...
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texas, isof expected to join the tour in dallas. some of our follow-up to a caller from west virginia, had a question about those who won't be able to afford it, and how they are going to get healthcare coverage. this is about the tax credit p arart of the 2010 health care law. the average health insurance tax credit for obama care said to be $2700. they write that americans to buy health insurance outside their jobs can expect a tax cut of nearly $2700 to help them obtain the coverage on the new state insurance marketplace according to an analysis i've been nine partisan kaiser -- the non partisan kaiser family foundation. 26 million low and moderate income people will be eligible for the tax credits to pay for individual coverage on their state marketplaces. the shopping malls created by the affordable care act. that is from the mcclatchy newspapers across the country. back to another caller, a caller from north carolina, he was aski ng about finding out about health insurance in his state. this is from the state health department
texas, isof expected to join the tour in dallas. some of our follow-up to a caller from west virginia, had a question about those who won't be able to afford it, and how they are going to get healthcare coverage. this is about the tax credit p arart of the 2010 health care law. the average health insurance tax credit for obama care said to be $2700. they write that americans to buy health insurance outside their jobs can expect a tax cut of nearly $2700 to help them obtain the coverage on the...
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another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively young. more than a third or 36% were 18 or younger when they applied. only 24% were 24 years of age or older. in the middle, 19-23-year-olds, largest group, 40%. so, they're relatively young and they were young when they arrived. two thirds of them were 10 years of age or younger. one-third of them were five years old or younger. so this is a very, a group that's been in the u.s. for a long time. the majority have been in the united states for a decade or more. and that's important given their age obviously. they have spe
another 18% in texas. and along with new york and illinois, those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and, the most, some of the most interesting things about this group have to do with their age and a large share are teenagers, high school age. a time when we're all making important transitions into adulthood, drivers licenses, graduating from high school. applying for jobs. perhaps, applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are very -- relatively...
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in texas, they have already done it. this assault on freedom should be taken as seriously as you have taken anything. any changes to our voting process should be enacted to make voices heard. just simply being able to vote. i have asked the senate judiciary committee to examine these dangerous voting suppression efforts and discuss steps the senate can make to preserve the right of every person to cast a ballot. [applause] on the day the civil rights act was signed into law, president lyndon johnson warned the struggle for equality was not nearly over. here is what he said. "those who founded our country knew that freedom would be secure only if each generation fought." now our generation of americans have been called on to the search of justice. he is sure right. those words are written -- are a reminder to a new generation that freedom must be tended to in order -- for us to grow. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mitch mcconnell. >> there are moments when you know that in -- at this point in time, old
in texas, they have already done it. this assault on freedom should be taken as seriously as you have taken anything. any changes to our voting process should be enacted to make voices heard. just simply being able to vote. i have asked the senate judiciary committee to examine these dangerous voting suppression efforts and discuss steps the senate can make to preserve the right of every person to cast a ballot. [applause] on the day the civil rights act was signed into law, president lyndon...
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let's hear from democratic call ner texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. all i can say is it's that time. this is about time. in 40 or 50 years ago it should have been done. it's sad the only thing we as americans learn from history is that we refuse to learn anything from history. if you want to look at a perfect example of this, look at the prohibition. look at the 18th amendment /'1"st amendment which reversed the 18th amendment here. the prohibition made millionaires out of thugs. now we are making billionaires out of thugs with this war on drugs. it's about time. the last caller said for whatever reason they made marijuana illegal or drugs illegal. if you look at the history it's all about racism. i'm white. let me get that clear. host: john, republican caller. caller: good morning. i've been a watcher of c-span for many many years. i'm 70 years old. i've tried other times to get through and have had no luck until today. before i make my comment about the legalization i would like to say somebody doesn't do his math correct. in an article you read abo
let's hear from democratic call ner texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. all i can say is it's that time. this is about time. in 40 or 50 years ago it should have been done. it's sad the only thing we as americans learn from history is that we refuse to learn anything from history. if you want to look at a perfect example of this, look at the prohibition. look at the 18th amendment /'1"st amendment which reversed the 18th amendment here. the prohibition made millionaires out of...
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. >> up next in texas, what is your question? >> going back to a former and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in series, what was president monroe's relationship with his vice president and who was the vice president? >> it was the most obscure vice president in american history. that says something. >> tompkins had been a wartime governor of new york and was chosen as a running mate because he had been a strong supporter of the madison administration during the war. also, the new yorkers were unhappy with the luck that virginia had on the presidency and the vice president was chosen for political reasons. chosen for political reasons. tompkins was horribly in debt as governor. he was responsible for borrowing a lot of money. it literally drove him to drink. he became heavily alcoholic to the point he could not preside over the senate. they were friends. by 1821, he was totally vice president and who was the incapacitated and he died shortly after his term as vice president. he may have been more prominent on the
. >> up next in texas, what is your question? >> going back to a former and at the end, he said, i hope you will come visit us in series, what was president monroe's relationship with his vice president and who was the vice president? >> it was the most obscure vice president in american history. that says something. >> tompkins had been a wartime governor of new york and was chosen as a running mate because he had been a strong supporter of the madison administration...
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texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize marijuana. there's not a single member of the senate who is -- you can describe in any way as promarijuana or having, you know, proposed any kind of, like, you know, even medical marijuana legislation. >> host: ryan next, huntington station, new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. so far he talking about the economic upsides of legalization, but i'm afraid of the possible economic down side wide spread legalization and that as it becomes more legal, it's going deprive revenue and labor from good american corporations like the -- constructions -- correc
texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize...
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pasadena, texas. robert of the democrats' line. >> i just wanted to say, talking about the defense authorization bill, it was pretty split among the party. 111 democrats voting for it and 93 republicans supporting the amendment. i was just wondering what that will translate to, primary politics and all of that on the democratic side. you don't really see a strong libertarian later, i am just wondering how that vacuum is going to change. i am just wondering what that is going to look like in the midterm elections. >> robert was mentioning the amendment to the 2014 defense spending bill that would have defunded this nsa program and it fell short, the final vote was 217-205. 111 democrats supported it, and 93 republicans supported it. you can see the numbers against it. >> thank you for taking my call. my issue with this whole thing is that they have a hearing or a meeting on friday. they have the gentleman from the different branches of there, it is just metadata. as has been brought to our attention ea
pasadena, texas. robert of the democrats' line. >> i just wanted to say, talking about the defense authorization bill, it was pretty split among the party. 111 democrats voting for it and 93 republicans supporting the amendment. i was just wondering what that will translate to, primary politics and all of that on the democratic side. you don't really see a strong libertarian later, i am just wondering how that vacuum is going to change. i am just wondering what that is going to look like...
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gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written without much participation. remember when, who was a? wilt chamberlain or charles barkley for some and was asked, was it pashtun was a berkeley? yeah, he was asked what's this doing in your biography? in the autobiography. he said i don't know, i haven't read it yet last night lori swanson, gloria swanson in these handwritten notes said that she tried during and after her affair with joe to figure out how to get out of catholic who went to confession and went to mass -- devout catholic, could cheat on his wife like this. and she said, and gloria wise, you know, had her own prejudices. didn't like
gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written...
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the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on the rest of the ways that privacy may be implicated. >> understood. ben? >> just to give a little bit of historical context for the audience, so really a lot of these issues running privacy and unmanned aircraft started about a year or so ago, after congress passed the faa authorization bill, which had been stalled for a number of years. and when congress finally passed not go there was a section in therefore calling for the faa to write this a few rules to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in national airspace. that language
the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on...
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but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's a lot of kids from other countries, you better have a good bilingual program, a rich bilingual program that pays attention to language fluency and how they do in academic subjects. today it's bilingual, tomorrow english only, that happens in so many districts, especially in california. there's esl classes, day one. here kids transition slowly. this school district knows what educators know. that is it's really important to get a grounding in your home language before learning the second language. really important to hold on to that home language because being bilingual in the society is a huge adva
but i looked around the other country in other districts no one knows about, and we hear of aldean, texas? aldean is houston's poor cousin. scrubby country, about as poor as union city, latino, african-american, spattering of white folks, and with half as much money union city spends on its kids, they are doing well, narrowing the achievement gap, and what are they doing? very much the same kinds of things union city is, and what is that? start with preschool, work up the curriculum. if there's...
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they live in every state. 28% in california, another 18% in texas. along with new york, illinois those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and the most some of the most interesting thing about the group have to do with the age. a large share of teens, high school age, a time when we are making important transition to adulthood, driver's license, graduating from high school, applying for jobs, perhaps applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are relatively young. more than a third or 36% were 18 or younger when they applied. only 24% were 24 years of age or older and in the middle 19 to 23-year-old larger group of 40%. so they are relatively young and young when they arrived. two-thirds of them. ten years of age or years older. one-third were five years old or younger. so this is a very group that have has been in the u.s. far long time. the majority have been in the united states for a decade or more. that's important. they have spent a good portion of their life in the united states. another thing. i think h
they live in every state. 28% in california, another 18% in texas. along with new york, illinois those four states have more than half of all daca applicants. and the most some of the most interesting thing about the group have to do with the age. a large share of teens, high school age, a time when we are making important transition to adulthood, driver's license, graduating from high school, applying for jobs, perhaps applying for college or joining the military. these applicants are...
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that's when we saw to quote former texas congresswoman barbara jordan, an america as good as its promise. our country has always been a place of promise. my slovenian grandfather worked 1500 feet under the ground in the mines in minnesota. he never graduated from high school. he saved money in a coffee can to send my dad to college. my dad went on to get a degree from a community college in northern minnesota and went to the university of minnesota at got his journalism degree. he went from that mining town to interview everyone from mike ditka to ronald reagan, to ginger rogers. my mom taught 2nd grade until she was 70 years old. and today i stand before you as the grand daughter of an iron ore miner and the daughter of a newspaper man and the teacher and the first woman elected to the united states senate from the state of minnesota. that's america. my parents and grandparents instilled in me the midwestern values, the same values that you pass on to your children -- family and faith, humility and hardwork. and they taught me to live with honor and courage and to never, never stop figh
that's when we saw to quote former texas congresswoman barbara jordan, an america as good as its promise. our country has always been a place of promise. my slovenian grandfather worked 1500 feet under the ground in the mines in minnesota. he never graduated from high school. he saved money in a coffee can to send my dad to college. my dad went on to get a degree from a community college in northern minnesota and went to the university of minnesota at got his journalism degree. he went from...
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they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are nationals. so the access to wheelchairs', walkers to more arrows in your district has drastically changed. walmart got a contract and have to bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that is going to happen, i don't. >> well, skepticism is a good thing. this gentleman right here. >> the sequestration. i think a lot of us are asking, we want more of this and more of that. i was proud to take a drive on a tinker air force base up until this year. all of a sudden, you're telling me my time is now worth -- whenever we are doing that there must be wrong because you're not
they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are...
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opportunity to address the concerns of so many that are crying for freedom, whether it's the women in texas and virginia, the workers in wisconsin lately certainly in michigan. how are you thinking about, how do we have a narrative that links up the justice peace to economics? >> again, you're getting me all the easy questions. [laughter] yeah, that's a really tough question. and i think, again, we have to go back to the broad vision that a. philip randolph had. you know, and for him, you know, the issue of, i mean come it was interconnected, right? the issue of the exclusion of black workers from defense industry was both a racial justice issue and and economic justice issue. you couldn't separate them. and i think many of, as i said before, many of the struggles that we are facing today are connected to the economic inequality that we are seeing. are connected to the disempowerment of the american public, in many ways. i mean, again, to go all of off-topic, off the central topic, i mean with president obama's recent attempt to get gun control legislation. we had the majority of the public
opportunity to address the concerns of so many that are crying for freedom, whether it's the women in texas and virginia, the workers in wisconsin lately certainly in michigan. how are you thinking about, how do we have a narrative that links up the justice peace to economics? >> again, you're getting me all the easy questions. [laughter] yeah, that's a really tough question. and i think, again, we have to go back to the broad vision that a. philip randolph had. you know, and for him, you...
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there are nine sectors between california and texas. the border patrol assures me that if we put in that technology, which is appropriated in the bill -- it will not require additional taxpayer funds he does it is paid for by fees -- we will have 90% effective control over our border. there is a lot more i can tell you about it. i am really interested in your views. i hope that our congressional delegation, who i respect and -- we senators think we are snobs, and we are -- by the way, our four republican members they wereegation, there because of my health. could i ask for your consideration? i ask for your consideration because i think that a nation founded on judeo-christian principles should probably want to address this issue that we have before us. i'm not saying it is perfect. i'm not saying that it should not be changed as we continue to go through the process. what we would like to see is the house of representatives passed legislation, whether it be piecemeal or however they want to -- i'm not trying to tell them how they shoul
there are nine sectors between california and texas. the border patrol assures me that if we put in that technology, which is appropriated in the bill -- it will not require additional taxpayer funds he does it is paid for by fees -- we will have 90% effective control over our border. there is a lot more i can tell you about it. i am really interested in your views. i hope that our congressional delegation, who i respect and -- we senators think we are snobs, and we are -- by the way, our four...
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of nowhere in west texas. not too far from the mexican border. and at night, some of these migrants would come to our door and they would want water or just some basic food, and that's incredibly -- to me just an incredibly heroic act, that people would take the chance to come across the border and put their life at risk to come into this country, and i just think it's just an important point we remember. people always ask me, when will we know that america is in decline? and it's win a million people want to leave here rather than come here. and people with risk their life to come here, is a something we should admire about our country and the people who come. so to answer your question, how do we -- that migrant family that wants to come here, how do we allow them a legal channel. we have written a lot about this "the wall street journal." there's no question that illegal immigration i a function of job opportunities here. if we get economy growing, at 4%, and get this unemployment rate down to 5%, they're g
of nowhere in west texas. not too far from the mexican border. and at night, some of these migrants would come to our door and they would want water or just some basic food, and that's incredibly -- to me just an incredibly heroic act, that people would take the chance to come across the border and put their life at risk to come into this country, and i just think it's just an important point we remember. people always ask me, when will we know that america is in decline? and it's win a million...
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austin,y in texas. good morning. caller: it is probably good for the employees that they are not going to cover their spouses. i worked for the state and i had insurance. my husband has me on his insurance. i got sick. my insurance was the primary insurance. his insurance would not pay for me anyway. it doesn't make sense to have your spouse on your insurance when the insurance is not going to pay anyway. only my insurance paid because mine was primary. guest: thanks, joy. that is a good illustration of what employees and employers have been wrestling with for a few years. the way the system grew up had a lot of overlapping coverage in two-income families. there would be overlapping benefits. one of the things that has been happening over the last five years is you have companies like ups trying to sort that out and decide we are going to cover this but if a spouse is covered, we will only cover that secondarily or we might not cover it at all. what you are seeing is a separation of the overlapping coverage. it sound
austin,y in texas. good morning. caller: it is probably good for the employees that they are not going to cover their spouses. i worked for the state and i had insurance. my husband has me on his insurance. i got sick. my insurance was the primary insurance. his insurance would not pay for me anyway. it doesn't make sense to have your spouse on your insurance when the insurance is not going to pay anyway. only my insurance paid because mine was primary. guest: thanks, joy. that is a good...
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texas' is now pass so many laws. the prison system that they're planning to shut down the first person ever. we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests , and i'm here today to say that the civil rights community of the day is focused on a permanent interest. winning victories in democratic dominated states. we remember. we intend to stand here as a movement having to talk less about continuation. all battles and then handed down tests. more about commemoration. we put ourselves out of business. the area is 50 years after the i have a dream speech. too much business left. let's get on. let's remember that we are beating. we are winning. in those places where is seen starkest and hardest right now, we have when there before and will again. thank you and god bless. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. coalition. their standing with this. so well of like is to also think the national coalition on black civics. board members standing with me today. if we didn't know why, we
texas' is now pass so many laws. the prison system that they're planning to shut down the first person ever. we have no permanent friends. we have no permanent enemies. we only have permanent interests , and i'm here today to say that the civil rights community of the day is focused on a permanent interest. winning victories in democratic dominated states. we remember. we intend to stand here as a movement having to talk less about continuation. all battles and then handed down tests. more...
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just continue to authorize that and they have done that. >> host: jeff is on the uninsured line from texas. good morning to you. >> caller: good morning, how are you doing today. >> host: we are doing great. >> caller: yes, sir. my name is jeff and i have bad news. i have had five surgeries on my knee. when i went to the hospital, they told me it would happen again that the next time if i didn't use my insurance it would be cheaper on a would be cheaper on a promise of another time time it happens i go to the hospital. so that 24,000-dollar bill that i pay 20% of us might premiums every week -- all of a sudden it came down to my out-of-pocket costs. that was for the anesthesiologist in the hospital. so i need someone to explain why these insurance companies -- why the hospitals will still do their work and do it at a better rate and better cost for individuals. i will take my answer off the line. >> guest: i would say that most hospitals negotiate rates. that is a base rate where they negotiate down from there. so when someone comes in generally they get stuck negotiating. maybe what they
just continue to authorize that and they have done that. >> host: jeff is on the uninsured line from texas. good morning to you. >> caller: good morning, how are you doing today. >> host: we are doing great. >> caller: yes, sir. my name is jeff and i have bad news. i have had five surgeries on my knee. when i went to the hospital, they told me it would happen again that the next time if i didn't use my insurance it would be cheaper on a would be cheaper on a promise of...